Idle Digging vs Blast Mining
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Digging
Manage workers to dig and build houses, earning gold to upgrade tools for faster digging. Experience an addictive idle game focused on resource management and wealth accumulation.
- Manage workers
- Dig and build houses
- Earn gold
- Upgrade digging tools
- Addictive gameplay
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Welcome to Idle Digging. In this game, you will manage your workers to dig and build beautiful houses. Earn gold and upgrade your digging tools to dig faster. Enjoy the addictive digging game and become the rich!
Blast Mining
Engage in an exciting idle clicker experience where you blast mines and sell them. Upgrade your tools and speed to explore a vast mining world. The challenge increases, requiring continuous self-improvement to clear all mines.
- Blast mines
- Sell mined resources
- Upgrade bombshells
- Increase speed
- Explore mining world
- Idle gameplay
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Ready to be a great miner? Blow the mine up and sell it! Upgrade your bombshell, get some speed and explore an awesome world of mining! It will get harder to blow all the mine up that is why you need to upgrade yourself!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Idle Digging at 39% against Blast Mining's 0%. Idle Digging also leads on ratings volume (38K vs 62) and rating (4.6 vs 4.4). Blast Mining's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Idle Digging sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Blast Mining asks for nothing beyond the download.
Idle Digging holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Digging has 38K ratings behind it against 62, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Idle Digging's written reviews are positive against 0% of Blast Mining's.
Idle Digging ships an update every 3 weeks, Blast Mining every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Digging | Blast Mining |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (38K ratings) — better | 4.4 (62 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 39.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 38K — better | 62 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 286 MB | 174 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zplay (Beijing) Info. Tech. Co.,Ltd. | ITHINK STUDIO LIMITED |
Customer experience
Idle Digging
Blast Mining
Bugs and requests
Idle Digging
Reported bugs
3 issues- Ads not working as expected
- Progress loss after updates
- Crashes and freezes
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and content
- Offline earnings
- Customization options
- Improved ad system
Blast Mining
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Idle Digging
- Diamond Pack 1$1.99
- Remove Pop-up Ads$1.99
- Special Bundle$2.99
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- Diamond Pack 2$4.99
- Diamond Pack 3$9.99
- Diamond Pack 4$19.99
- Diamond Pack 5$49.99
Blast Mining
No in-app purchases
Questions
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